Jared Dye will be the starting pitcher for Louisiana District 5 tonight when the Southwest Regional champions face the Western Regional title winners from California in the Big League World Series. Dye has a 5-1 record.

Maybe this is the year for Eddie Parkman and his Louisiana District 5 baseball team.

For seven years now, including the last five, they’ve reached the Big League World Series in Easley, S.C.

They’ve become as familiar around the Red Owens Complex as the hospitality exhibited by the townspeople.

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